Banamba Cercle Explained

Banamba
Settlement Type:Cercle
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Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mali
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Koulikoro Region
Seat Type:Admin HQ (Chef-lieu)
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:7500
Population As Of:2009 census
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:190235
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
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Banamba Cercle is an administrative subdivision of the Koulikoro Region of Mali. Its seat is the town of Banamba, which is also its largest settlement. It lies at the center east of the region.

Banamba Cercle is home to primarily Bambara farmers, and formed part of the pre-colonial Bambara Empire. The Cercle falls largely in the dryer Sahel region, especially in its north, where the population is mostly Fula and Maure pastoralists.

The Banamba Cercle is divided into nine rural communes:[3]

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13.75°N -27°W

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